Issued:: 2025-11-12
Updated:: 2025-11-12

RHSA-2025:21112 - Moderate: kernel security update

Synopsis

Moderate: kernel security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory Moderate

Topic

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Description

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.

Security Fix(es):

kernel: firmware: arm_scpi: Ensure scpi_info is not assigned if the probe fails (CVE-2022-50087)
kernel: sunrpc: fix client side handling of tls alerts (CVE-2025-38571)
kernel: sunrpc: fix handling of server side tls alerts (CVE-2025-38566)
kernel: vsock/virtio: Validate length in packet header before skb_put() (CVE-2025-39718)
kernel: ipv6: sr: Fix MAC comparison to be constant-time (CVE-2025-39702)
kernel: x86/vmscape: Add conditional IBPB mitigation (CVE-2025-40300)
kernel: efivarfs: Fix slab-out-of-bounds in efivarfs_d_compare (CVE-2025-39817)
kernel: pstore/ram: Check start of empty przs during init (CVE-2023-53331)
kernel: fs: fix UAF/GPF bug in nilfs_mdt_destroy (CVE-2022-50367)
kernel: crypto: seqiv - Handle EBUSY correctly (CVE-2023-53373)
kernel: wifi: cfg80211: sme: cap SSID length in __cfg80211_connect_result() (CVE-2025-39849)
kernel: scsi: lpfc: Fix buffer free/clear order in deferred receive path (CVE-2025-39841)
kernel: crypto: xts - Handle EBUSY correctly (CVE-2023-53494)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.

Affected Products

Product	Version	Arch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64	9	x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian	9	ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems	9	s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64	9	aarch64
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64	9	x86_64
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for Power, little endian	9	ppc64le
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for IBM z Systems	9	s390x
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64	9	aarch64

Updated Packages

kernel-modules-extra-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-cross-headers-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.s390x.rpm
kernel-modules-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-core-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.aarch64.rpm
kernel-rt-64k-core-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.aarch64.rpm
kernel-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.s390x.rpm
libperf-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-uki-virt-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.x86_64.rpm
perf-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.s390x.rpm
kernel-64k-core-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.aarch64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-debuginfo-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-modules-core-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.s390x.rpm
libperf-debuginfo-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.aarch64.rpm
perf-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.ppc64le.rpm
perf-debuginfo-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.x86_64.rpm
python3-perf-debuginfo-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.ppc64le.rpm
rtla-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.aarch64.rpm
rtla-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-core-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-64k-devel-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.aarch64.rpm
kernel-rt-modules-core-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.aarch64.rpm
kernel-zfcpdump-devel-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.s390x.rpm
kernel-zfcpdump-modules-core-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.s390x.rpm
kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-matched-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-extra-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.s390x.rpm
kernel-devel-matched-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-uki-virt-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.x86_64.rpm
python3-perf-debuginfo-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.aarch64.rpm
kernel-devel-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-matched-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.aarch64.rpm
kernel-doc-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.noarch.rpm
kernel-headers-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-64k-debug-debuginfo-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.aarch64.rpm
kernel-64k-debug-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-matched-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.s390x.rpm
kernel-modules-extra-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-core-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.s390x.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-devel-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.aarch64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.aarch64.rpm
kernel-zfcpdump-devel-matched-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.s390x.rpm
kernel-zfcpdump-modules-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.s390x.rpm
perf-debuginfo-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.aarch64.rpm
rtla-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.s390x.rpm
kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules-extra-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.aarch64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-debuginfo-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.aarch64.rpm
rtla-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-modules-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-core-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.aarch64.rpm
perf-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-modules-extra-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.ppc64le.rpm
libperf-debuginfo-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-extra-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.aarch64.rpm
kernel-rt-modules-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-modules-core-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.s390x.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-modules-core-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.aarch64.rpm
kernel-rt-modules-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-rt-64k-modules-extra-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.aarch64.rpm
libperf-debuginfo-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.s390x.rpm
kernel-tools-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-64k-modules-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.aarch64.rpm
kernel-devel-matched-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.s390x.rpm
kernel-devel-matched-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.aarch64.rpm
perf-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-modules-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-extra-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.ppc64le.rpm
python3-perf-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.s390x.rpm
rv-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.s390x.rpm
python3-perf-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-rt-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.aarch64.rpm
rv-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-core-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-64k-modules-extra-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-cross-headers-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.aarch64.rpm
kernel-modules-core-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-64k-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.aarch64.rpm
kernel-cross-headers-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-64k-modules-core-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.aarch64.rpm
kernel-rt-devel-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.aarch64.rpm
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.s390x.rpm
kernel-abi-stablelists-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.noarch.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-devel-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.aarch64.rpm
kernel-64k-debug-debuginfo-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.aarch64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.s390x.rpm
kernel-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-core-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.x86_64.rpm
python3-perf-debuginfo-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.aarch64.rpm
kernel-64k-debug-modules-extra-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.aarch64.rpm
libperf-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-matched-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.s390x.rpm
kernel-rt-64k-debug-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.aarch64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-modules-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-devel-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-rt-modules-extra-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.aarch64.rpm
python3-perf-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debuginfo-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-extra-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.s390x.rpm
kernel-rt-core-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-devel-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.s390x.rpm
kernel-headers-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.aarch64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-devel-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-core-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-modules-extra-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.aarch64.rpm
kernel-64k-debuginfo-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-core-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-devel-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.x86_64.rpm
libperf-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.s390x.rpm
kernel-rt-64k-modules-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.aarch64.rpm
kernel-modules-core-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.aarch64.rpm
kernel-64k-debug-modules-core-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.aarch64.rpm
kernel-rt-debuginfo-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.aarch64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-core-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.s390x.rpm
kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.aarch64.rpm
kernel-devel-matched-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-rt-64k-debuginfo-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.aarch64.rpm
kernel-core-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.aarch64.rpm
kernel-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.src.rpm
kernel-zfcpdump-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.s390x.rpm
kernel-cross-headers-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-64k-devel-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.aarch64.rpm
kernel-devel-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.x86_64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-modules-core-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-64k-devel-matched-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.aarch64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.aarch64.rpm
libperf-debuginfo-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.x86_64.rpm
python3-perf-debuginfo-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.s390x.rpm
kernel-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-core-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.ppc64le.rpm
libperf-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-core-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.ppc64le.rpm
rv-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-devel-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.aarch64.rpm
kernel-rt-64k-debug-devel-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-64k-debug-modules-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.aarch64.rpm
kernel-rt-core-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.aarch64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-core-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.aarch64.rpm
kernel-rt-devel-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-64k-debug-core-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.aarch64.rpm
kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules-core-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.aarch64.rpm
kernel-rt-64k-modules-core-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.s390x.rpm
kernel-headers-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.s390x.rpm
kernel-rt-modules-extra-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-64k-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-core-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.aarch64.rpm
kernel-modules-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-uki-virt-addons-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-headers-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-rt-64k-debug-core-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.aarch64.rpm
kernel-zfcpdump-core-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.s390x.rpm
kernel-modules-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-modules-core-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-64k-debug-devel-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.aarch64.rpm
rv-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.aarch64.rpm
python3-perf-5.14.0-611.7.1.el9_7.aarch64.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

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